Feist — Soirée de Poche (La Blogothèque), 2011

An intimate live capture by La Blogothèque, this Soirée de Poche filmed in Paris on 11 October 2011 features Canadian singer Feist, then in the middle of promoting the album Metals. Far from big venues, the Soirées de Poche format favours closeness and natural light, in the delicate aesthetic that made the Paris collective and its Take Away Shows famous. Surrounded by her musicians — Brian Lebarton (piano, synth), Lucky Paul (drums), Charles Spearin (bass, violin, brass) and the backing vocals of Mountain Man — Leslie Feist unfolds her distinctive voice, by turns whispered and incandescent, over finely chiselled folk-pop arrangements. Brought to a wide audience by the hit 1234, the artist confirms her gift as a melodist and performer in a set where emotion outweighs showiness. A precious filmed concert for grasping Feist’s pop-folk sensibility in 2011, captured in the warm, handcrafted setting dear to La Blogothèque.